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Researchers map mechanisms in the largest CRISPR system

The largest and most complex CRISPR system has been visualized by researchers from the University of Copenhagen in a new study. The system may have potential applications in biomedicine and biotechnology, the researchers believe.

Excavation in Oxford.

Researchers Find Evidence of Smallpox in the Viking Age

The fatal disease smallpox is older and more widespread than scientists so far have proved. A new study by an international team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge shows that the Vikings also suffered from smallpox.

The Chiquihuite Cave.

Stone tools move back the arrival of humans in America thousands of years

Findings of stone tools move back the first immigration of humans to America at least 15,000 years. This is revealed in a new international study from the University of Copenhagen, where researchers have analysed ancient material from a Mexican mountain cave.

Dentist

Global Report: Significant Difference in Dental Health and Need for Prevention

Access to preventive dental care depends very much on where in the world you live. New research from the University of Copenhagen shows that more high-income countries offer dental care to children and adults to prevent dental and oral diseases. In comparison, prevention is poor in low-income countries. And the global state of health suffers as a result.

Professor Søren Brunak

Alliance of Scientists Wants to Understand the Gene Mechanisms behind the Major Common Diseases

The international alliance of scientists ICDA is publishing its recommendations as to what science should focus on to take the next quantum leap to an understanding of the major common diseases and their genetic origins. The University of Copenhagen is represented on the alliance's Steering Committee and has high expectations for the upcoming project.

Professor Karsten Buschard.

Diabetes Researcher and Young Talents Receive Awards

This year, three researchers from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen receive awards from the Bagger-Sørensen Foundation. Professor Karsten Buschard receives this year’s main award for his age-long research into type 1 diabetes.

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10 Aug. 2020, 13:00-16:00

PhD Defence: Claire Mock-Muñoz de Luna
10 Aug. 2020, 14:00-17:00

PhD defence Laura Oberholzer
11 Aug. 2020, 13:00-16:00

PhD Defence Piotr Dworzynski
19 Aug. 2020, 14:00-17:00

PhD defence Camilla Fjord Thomsen
19 Aug. 2020, 15:00-18:00

PhD defence Janine Kesselheim
21 Aug. 2020, 14:00

Mikkel Faurschou´s Doctoral Defence

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